New single from Isam B – album out this month!

On the 24th January Isam B will releases his new album, “Den Heldigste Mand i Europa” (“The Most Fortunate Man in Europe”), which builds on the themes he explored in his autobiography Fædreland (Homeland, Gyldendal, 2021). Drawing from his upbringing in Copenhagen and sorruonding suburbs, he sings about the challenges of growing up in Denmark as the child of immigrants and the struggles that arise when your heart beats for multiple cultures. “Den Heldigste Mand i Europa” is his first Danish language release since 2007’s “Institution”.

In his new album, Isam B engages with Danish history, reaching as far back as the hymn “Udrundne er de gamle dage” (Emerging from the Olden Days) – an 1800 hymn by N. F. S. Grundtvig. The album also features a reinterpretation of the patriotic song “Fødelandssang” (“The Homeland Song”) by the late great popular writer and social commentator Ebbe Kløvedal Reich. Both songs celebrate Danish cultural heritage and community. However, both in these reinterpretations and in the album’s other tracks, Isam also includes an often overlooked chapter of our shared history: the immigrant workers contributions to our society.

Today, the song ‘Livet Gik Op’ (‘Life Came Clear’), a song about Isam’s grandmother’s passing and the feelings of emptiness and loss, but foremost gratitude for the light she brought to the family, is released. Listen righ here!